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Negro Slavery [and the Underground Railroad] in Bucks
County, Pa.
(From The History of Bucks County, Penn sylvan! a»
By William W. H. Davis, A* M. 2d. ed. Revised and Enlarged. Vol. II. Illustrated. 1906.)
[p. 294] Negro slavei^y was introduced Into Pennsylvania by the early Holland settlers* We find negroes on the west iiank of the Delaware as earl$ as 1636, bat neither their number nor location is given* . , « . *
Long before the arrival of William Penn the English and Dutch were actively engaged in the African slave- trade, which the demand for labor in this atid adjoin¬ ing counties made profitable. It was under the protec¬ tion of the English government and [Penn] had no con¬ trol over it* A number of slaves came into the poss¬ ession of the Quaker immigrants, and even the great founder himself was a slaveholder, « * * * * Ne¬ gro slavery in Pennsylvamia of a mild type and slaves were well treated when they behaved themselves* Hector St* John, writing of negro slavery just before the Rev¬ olutionary war, says: "In Pennsylvania they enjoy as much liberie as their masters, are as well fed and as well clad, and in sickness are tenderly taken care of, for, living under the same roof, they are in effect a part of the family. Being the companions of their labors, and treated as such, they do not work more than our-

Negro Slavery [and the Underground Railroad] in Bucks
County, Pa.
(From The History of Bucks County, Penn sylvan! a»
By William W. H. Davis, A* M. 2d. ed. Revised and Enlarged. Vol. II. Illustrated. 1906.)
[p. 294] Negro slavei^y was introduced Into Pennsylvania by the early Holland settlers* We find negroes on the west iiank of the Delaware as earl$ as 1636, bat neither their number nor location is given* . , « . *
Long before the arrival of William Penn the English and Dutch were actively engaged in the African slave- trade, which the demand for labor in this atid adjoin¬ ing counties made profitable. It was under the protec¬ tion of the English government and [Penn] had no con¬ trol over it* A number of slaves came into the poss¬ ession of the Quaker immigrants, and even the great founder himself was a slaveholder, « * * * * Ne¬ gro slavery in Pennsylvamia of a mild type and slaves were well treated when they behaved themselves* Hector St* John, writing of negro slavery just before the Rev¬ olutionary war, says: "In Pennsylvania they enjoy as much liberie as their masters, are as well fed and as well clad, and in sickness are tenderly taken care of, for, living under the same roof, they are in effect a part of the family. Being the companions of their labors, and treated as such, they do not work more than our-